A1201 crash in Islington on 21 December 1981 at 20:35 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A1201 in Islington at 20:35 on Monday 21 December 1981. The 28-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 1981
- Monday, 20:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and other vehicle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LLUHC33
- Council area
- Islington
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1201
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Snow
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 28, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 198101LLUHC33 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Islington road accident statistics for 1981.